Refrigerator



(No Model.) 7

' D. S. REED.

Refrigerator.

No. 23I,612 Patented Aug. 24,1880;

INVENTOR WITNESSES g; ATTORNEY N PETERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON. D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID S. REED, OF SEAROY, ARKANSAS.

REFRIGERATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 231,612, dated August 24, 1880.

Application filed June 26, 1880. (No model) To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, DAVID S. REED, of Searcy, in the county of White and State of Arkansas, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Refrigerator-Safes, and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,

clear, and exact description. of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l of the drawings is a representation of avertical section of my improved safe. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section thereof, and Fig. 3 is a detail.

This invention has relation to improvements in combined ventilated safes and Water-coolers; and the nature of the invention consists in a safe constructed substantially as hereinafter shown and described.

In the annexed drawings, the letter A designates a safe of rectangular form. supported upon suitable legs, a, and having under its bottom the drawers 1) b b. safe is closed by the hinged doors 0, which, as well as the back and ends of the safe, are built up in panels, as indicated at 67, Figs. l and 2. These panels are closed at their backs by the w0ven-wire screens 6, or I may use perforated metal for this purpose. When required by changes of temperature, the panels are closed, without removing the screens, by the metallic or wooden plates f, which are inserted in saidpanels against the said screens, and confined therein by means of the buttons f pivoted thereto and engaging with their ends the grooves z in the cross-pieces g.

The doors, when swung in, are kept closed by buttons h, or their equivalents, upon a vertical strip, g, connecting the top and bottom of the safe, as shown.

The ventilation of the safe is bad by means of funnel-shaped tubes j j, respectively in its top and bottom.

B indicates a cylindrical metallic cooler, supported upon the bottom 7c of the safe, and extending by its closed end, through the same. Its upper end also extends through the top, hand is closed by a removable cap, 11. This vessel is designed to hold ice and water or water alone, and the drawer I) under The front of the,

its bottom may receive a supply of ice, and for this purpose is zinc-lined. The cold water and ice in the vessel Blowers the temperature of the interior of the safe, and keeps fresh and cool such perishable articles as milk, butter, cream, meats, and vegetables, or other similar substances.

m indicates a cock or spigot extending through thejamb-strip into the cooler, through which ice-water is drawn off for consumption.

In winter the vessel is simply filled with hot water to raise the temperature in the safe, and a lamp may be placed in the drawer Z) under the vessel to produce and keep up the temperature.

The safe is provided at proper intervals with open-work shelves S, upon which the articles to be preserved are placed, the skeleton-like form of the shelves allowing free circulation of air to every part of the safe.

In practice the sides, ends, top, and bottom,

and, in fact, every part, of the safe will be separable from the remainder, to admit of close packing for transportation, and the wire screens will be protected from injury from the contents of the safe being pushed againstthem by inside slats, rods, or other equivalent means.

I am aware that a safe having revolving shelves, reticulated side wall, and removable doors covering the lower portionof said reticulated side is not new, and I make'no broad claim to such invention.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A safe constructed with wire-gauzecovered panels at its ends and back, folding doors having similar gauze-covered panels, removable plates fitting into said panels over the Wiregauze screens, open-work shelves, ventilatingopenings in the top and bottom, and a central tempering-vessel extending through the said top and bottom, and designed to receive cold water, ice and water, or other tempering inedium, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

DAVID SUMMERFIELD REED.

Witnesses:

T. L. HORDER, THos. O. J ONES. 

